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HOW TO REACH SHARON. 

Sharon is seventeen miles from Boston 
and twenty-five from Providence, on the 
Providence Division of the Old Colony 
Railroad. There are eleven trains from 
Boston each week day, including a theatre 
train, and two trains out on Sunday. 
Time of trains from Boston, thirty to 
forty minutes. This road is one of the 
oldest, best equipped and most carefully 
managed roads in the country. It cross- 
es no drawbridge, the trains are almost 
invariably on time and have plenty of 
cars, so each passenger can have a seat. 
It is double tracked with steel rails it? 
entire length. 

Its Boston station on Columbus Avenue 
and Park Square is convenient and com- 
fortable, and architecturally, the most 
beautiful in the United States. It is 
said by those who have travelled exten- 
sively, to be unequalled in the world, 
when convenience, comfort, looks and 
surroundings are taken into account. 
Single fares from Boston to Sharon, for- 
ty cents ; five tickets, one dollar and sev- 
enty-five cents, or thirty-five cents each. 
Season tickets for three months, twenty- 
three dollars, or about fourteen cents a 
trip. Single fare from Sharon to Provi- 
dence, sixty cents. One thousand-mile 
tickets, good on any portion of the Old 
Colony sj'-stem, 820.00. Passengers from 
New York can reach Sharon by the all 
rail Shore line, or bv the Providence 



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Steamboat line. To drive from Boston to 
Sharon take Brush Hill turnpike and come 
via Canton. From Jamaica Plain come 
via Dedham and Norwood. From New 
Bedford, Tauuton and Fall River via 
Easton Furnace, or come by rail via 
Mansfield. 

Sharon has three mails a day to and 
from Boston, and two to and from Provi- 
dence. The Western Union Telegraph 
Company have an office in the railroad 
station, and the New England telephone 
wires enable us to talk with all the 
country. 

Communication can be had direct with 
my residence in Sharcn, from any tele- 
phone in Boston or any of the surround- 
ing towns. 



PROVIDENCE DIVISION OLD COL- 
ONY RAILROAD. 

Boston Station, Columbus Avenue and 
Park Square. This table is liable to 
changes. 

Trains leave Sharon for Boston, week 
days, 7.03, 7.44, 8.05, 9.2-1, 11.53, A. M. ; 
2.51, 5.20, 7.40, 11,00, P. M. Sundays, 
9.09, A. M. ; 2.17, 5.14. P. M. 

Due in Boston, week days, 7.40, 8.25, 
8.45, 10.00, A. M.; 12.30, 3.20, 5.58, 8.20, 
11.35 P. M. ; Sundays, 9.45, A. M. ; 2.50, 
5.45, P. M. 

Leave Boston for Sharon, week days, 
6.35, 8.00, 8.20, 9.25, 10.30, A. M. ; 2.00, 
4.15. 5.3^5,50, 8.3# 11.05, P. M. 

Sundays, 9.00, A. M. ; 4.30, P, M. 

Due in Sharon, week da} r s, 7.24, 8.33, 



9.02,9.59,11.16, A. M. ; 2.31, 4.47,6.07, 
6.26, 9.00, 11.30, P. M. ; Sundays, 9.00, 
9.32, A. M. ; 5.14, P. M. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sharon, Norfolk Count}', Massachu- 
setts, offers great inducements to the 
farmer, the poultry keeper, the gardener, , 
the manufacturer and the invalid, as also 
to those seeking a quiet, pleasant home. 
Its attractions as a suburban residence, 
especially to those doing business in Bos- 
ton, Providence and neighboring towns 
and cities, are unequalled by any other 
place within fifty miles of Boston. 

This book is intended to make Sharon 
better known and appreciated, and not as 
a catalogue or advertisement of the prop- 
erty that is for sale or to let here. I have 
a large number of farms for sale, varying 
in price from $600 to $12,000, also houses 
furnished and unfurnished for sale and 
to let, and various kinds of business for 
sale. As this work is only issued once 
or twice a year, and such property is 
constantly changing hands, it is obvious- 
ly impossible to catalogue a correct list 
in this book. Write me your wants and 
I will cheerfully inform you what there 
is in the market here. 

PURE AIR, PERFECT DRAINAGE. 

Sharon is the most elevated town in 
eastern Massachusetts, and from its sit- 
uation and the nature of the soil the nat- 
ural drainage is almost perfect. It is at 
the summit of the watershed of three 



rivers, and it is a singular fact that 
though a very large town in extent, yet 
not one drop of water runs into it from 
any other town, but water runs out of 
Sharon into each of the seven adjoining 
towns. Thus it will be seen that the air 
and the water of Sharon can never be 
polluted by the drainage of any other 
town. 

The town is from two hundred to five 
hundred and thirty feet above sea level 
It is sheltered on the east by the Blue 
Hills of Milton. The soil is grayelly and 
contains iron and there is a great deal of 
pine wood growing in the town. All of 
these things with the perfect drainage, 
tend to make the air of Sharon pure and 
healthy; but in addition to all this, some, 
as yet undiscovered law, causes a large 
amount of ozone to always exist in the 
air here, making it at all times soft, 
balmy and extremely agreeable. Even 
the much and justly abused east wind is 
deprived of its harshness here and is not 
disagreeable. 

In 1871 the Boston Traveller said : "In 
a work on local causes of Consumption 
by Dr. Bowditch, published in 1852, he 
speaks of Sharon as likely to be free 
from lung diseases. "The correctness of 
his opinion is now shown by the official 
records, from winch it appears that one* 
fourth of all who have died in the town 
in the last five years were over eighty 
years of age, and more have died from 
old age than from consumption." 

"In the first four months of this year 
ene-half the deaths in the town were from 



old age, and were of persons over eighty- 
seven. It should be added that Sharon 
is a growing town, with twenty per cent. 
of its inhabitants between five and twen- 
ty years of age." 

More than fifty years ago, when the 
Boston & Providence Eailroad was being 
built, Maj. McNeil, who was then the 
most eminent civil engineer in this coun- 
try, spent some time in Sharon. He pub- 
lished an article calling attention to the 
remarkably pure air of Sharon, but at 
that time the influence of climate on health 
had not received attention, and the mat- 
ter was forgotten until twenty years lat- 
er, when the late A. D. Bacon, M. D.. of 
Sharon, called the attention of other phy- 
sicians to the subject. 

Dr. Bacon said: "I have never seen 
contagious or infectious diseases become 
epidemic here. I have had cases of small 
pox, diptheria and scarlet fever in their 
most virulent forms among my patients, 
under circumstances where we should 
suppose they would spread fearfully, but 
those most exposed did not take the dis- 
ease." He also said : "All diseases seem 
to yield more readily to medical treatment 
here than in any other locality with winch 
I am acquainted." 

Careful tests made under the direction 
of a scientific man, have shown more 
ozone in the air of Sharon than in any 
other place where tests have been made 
east of the Rocky Mountains. 

Ozone exists here in such quantities as 
to destroy all disease germs in the at- 
mosphere, so that no infectious or con- 



tagious disease ever has become epidem- 
ic hero, and probably none ever will. The 
New York Medical Tribune says: ci Air 
loaded with putrid or miasmatic exhala- 
tions is immediately purijied by contact 
with ozonized air, and again a develop- 
ment of such exhalations cannot well take 
place in the presence of ozone. The ac- 
tion of ozone on such impure air is ex- 
tremely powerful. According to Schcen- 
bein, sn atmosphere containing only 
1-3,240,000 of ozone is capable of destroy- 
ing all noxious matter contained in an 
equal volume of miasmatic air. Where 
or whenever there is a deficiency of this 
quantity of ozone, there will occur zymot- 
ic and contagious diseases, such as ty- 
phoid, scarlatina, measles, small pox. mi- 
asmatic fevers, yellow fever, etc., as well 
as all sorts of skin diseases." 

WATER. 

The Sharon Water Company supplies 
the town with an abundance of pure 
water, taken from an immense spring 
near the head waters of the Neponset, the 
Charles and the Taunton rivers. The 
spring, from its great elevation, is in no 
danger of ever being contaminated, and 
there is sufficient water for fifty thous- 
and people. 

This water is raised by steam power to 
a standpipe. from which it is distributed 
under sufficient head, to not only enter 
the highest rooms in the village, but also 
to extinguish fires, the town being sup- 
plied with well equipped and well man- 



aged hose companies and a hook and lad- 
der company. 

SHARON AS A HEALTH RESORT. 

HAY FEVER, CONSUMPTION AND ROSE 
COLD CURED. 

The pure air of Sharon has already 
been spoken of. It is of such a peculiar 
nature that invalids feel its curative ef- 
fects at once, and I most earnestly advise 
the sick and the convalescent to give it a 
trial. I can give the addresses of people 
who have been cured by a residence in 
Sharon, of what was pronounced by the 
best doctors to be the last stages of con- 
sumption, and can assure everyone af- 
flicted with lung trouble that they will be 
sure to find relief here, if they are not 
fully cured. 

There have been many cases of Hay 
Fever and Rose Cold cured here. The 
air of Sharon has been found beneficial 
for very young children and the seveial 
charitable institutions in Boston, that 
have charge of babies, send many of their 
wards here to board. Though these waifs 
are usually orphans who have inherited 
diseases from one or both of their par- 
ents, and are necessarily while here fed 
from a bottle, yet with Sharon air and 
Sharon milk, the great majority of them 
live and thrive. 

Physicians in Boston and in towns near- 
er Sharon, having seen the eftects of Shar- 
on air on these babies, are beginning to 
also send the weakly children of their 
wealthy patrons here to board. 

The best physicians all over New Eng- 



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land and New York have learned the bene- 
ficial effects of Sharon sir, and send their 
chronic and convalescent patients to me, 
to get them boarded, and though this 
part of my business is of no benefit to me 
I am always happy to aid such people to 
get places suited to their requirements 
and their purses, and from my long and 
varied experience I am often able to make 
valuable suggestions on the subject. 

No person who is sick should go to anj' 
far off land in search of health and rest, 
until they have given Sharon a trial, since 
here one is not necessarily deprived of 
any comfort, luxury, or medical attend- 
ance, that can be obtained in any city in 
our land. Remember, the air of Sharon 
is entirely different from that of any other 
town in the vicinity. Invalids will almost 
always feel its beneficial effects as soon 
as they arrive here, and the trouble and 
cost of giving it a trial are merely nomi- 
nal. 

I can give the addresses of doctors of 
all schools in Boston, New York, New- 
port, Fall River, New Bedford, and many 
other places, who have had patients sick 
with most of the diseases that flesh is heir 
to, who have derived benefit from a resi- 
dence here, but reference to them is hard- 
ly necessary, since the best of the medi- 
cal profession throughout the country 
are enthusiastic in their praises of Sharon 
air. But many times they find it hard to 
convince their patients that so simple and 
easy a change as a journey to Sharon will 
effect their cure. 

Said one of Boston's best physicians not 



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long ago: "If I could make my wealthy 
patients believe in Sharon air as I do, I 
could fill every house in your little town, 
but they think they ought to go way off' 
somewhere." Again we say to all inva- 
lids, give Sharon air a trial. It won't 
cost much and may and probably will ben- 
efit you, as it has hundreds of others. 

Owners of fancy animals have found 
that the air of Sharon is as beneficial to 
beast as to man, and send their valuable 
dogs and horses here to board. There 
are several establishments devoted to the 
care of dogs. In 1872, when almost every 
horse throughout the land was sick with 
the epizootic, our horses in Sharon es- 
caped though used every day, thus showr 
ing that the ozone in the air here does kill 
disease germs. In one case at that time, 
a horse driven into town by a pedler, died 
of the disease, while an expressman's 
horse in the next stall did not take it, 
though no special precautions were used 
to prevent it. 

TAXES AND TOWN AFFAIRS. 

Those who would reside where the pub- 
lic affairs are carefully managed and the 
public money judiciously spent, and 
would dodtje those towns and cities where 
recklessness and extravagance prevail, 
will find in Sharon a desirable home. 

The voters of Sharon are liberal in mak- 
ing appropriations for all objects that are 
supported by town taxes, but so carefully 
and judiciously is the money expended 
that the tax is kept low on a low valua- 
tion. Politics never enter into town af- 



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fairs, the best man being chosen to office 
without regard to political parties. This 
town was the first one in the state to sup- 
ply free text hooks to' scholars. It sup- 
ports a High School, though not obliged 
by law to do so. and the schools are all 
kept forty weeks in a year. The schools 
are partly supported by the income of an 
invested fund, which was given for the 
purpose many years ago. The town debt 
is small and being rapidly diminished. 
The schoolhouses are ample for the needs 
of the town and in good repair. There is 
a very good Town Hall, good fire appara- 
tus well housed, and the few town's poor 
are well cared for on a large farm. The 
appropriations recommended by the dif- 
ferent boards of town officers, are gener- 
ally yoted without a dissenting voice. 
Yet with all this liberality on the part of 
the town, the tax rate averages only ten 
dollars on one thousand dollars, and that, 
as has been said, on a low valuation. 

There is a reasonable hope that even 
this low tax rate will soon be consider- 
abry reduced. The valuation of the town 
is but little more than one million dol- 
lars. Should a few rich people gain a 
residence here, as they talk of doing, the 
valuation of Sharon would be more than 
doubled, and the tax rate be reduced in 
the same proportion. 

The following extract from the Sharon 
Mdwocate will serve to show what maimer 
of a town Sharon is : 

"This town has neither the manufacto- 
ries nor the wealth of most of the adjoin- 
ing towns, but in the moral and social 



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Standing of its people, and its benevolence 
and public spirit, it will compare favor- 
ably with other towns. When a law was' 
passed permitting towns to furnish text 
books free to schools, it was just like 
Sharon to be the first town in the state 
to adopt the plan. It was just like Shar- 
on to support a High School, though not 
compelled bj r law to do so. For thirty 
years it has been just like Sharon to vote 
all the school money the school commit- 
tee asked for, and these votes are gener- 
ally passed unanimously. In other towns 
and cities their appropriations are usually 
higgled over and cut down. For thirty 
years it has been just like Sharon to vote 
without question almost every cent of 
money that has been asked for, for every 
reasonable purpose, and it has been just 
like Sharon to spend that money so ju- 
diciously that we take good care of our 
poor, have good roads and as low taxes 
as any town in the state. It is just like 
Sharon to have a fine town hall at a 
moderate cost ; a good Public Library ; 
to have its lake well stocked with fish ; to 
have the telephone and telegraph, and to 
have railroad accommodations unsur- 
passed by any town of its size within a 
like distance of Boston. More than fifty 
years ago, a few citizens of Sharon sup- 
plied themselves with pure water from 
Sharon Springs, by forcing it up to an 
elevation of one hundred feet, which was 
something they had never seen accom- 
plished, and which wise men told them 
could never be done. This was? just like 
.;. and unlike any town in the vi- 



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cinity, and now, when the old wc 
inadequate, it is just like Sharon to ue 
unanimously a liberal sum to supply the 
whole village with pure water. We might 
mention many other commendable things 
in which Sharon is unlike other towns, if 
our space w T ould permit." 

STORES AND MARKETS. 

Sharon being a farming town with milk 
farms, market gardens and poultry yards, 
fresh and nice vegetables, poultry, milk 
and eggs are always to be had. Physi- 
cians say that milk from cows kept in 
Sharon is healthier than that from cows 
kept in less healthy towns. This will not 
seem unreasonable to those who know 
how sensitive the nursing infant is to the 
health of the woman who gives it suste- 
tance. The stores and markets of Shar- 
on supply meats, groceries and fruits, 
equal in quality to the best sold in Bos- 
ton, and the vast woodlands of Sharon 
supply an abundance of that fuel to those 
who would enjoy the healthy luxury of 
an open wood fire: 

SOCIETY. 

Though a very rural town, Sharon is so 
closely connected with Boston and Can- 
ton as not to be isolated or lonesome, 
even in winter. The Masons, Odd Fel- 
lows and Grand Army members meet with 
lodges in Canton, which is only three 
miles off. In fact, the people of the two 
towns are intimately and pleasantly con- 
nected in all the relations of life. Social- 



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ly, Sharon is like most well ordered New 
England villages, somewhat enlivened, 
however, by the presence of families who 
have come from neighboring towns and 
cities, to find pleasant, healthy 
here. Four churches furnish religious 
instruction. There is a good Public Li- 
brary, free to all. The Town E all is used 
for lectures, concerts, entertainments, 
and assemblies, and a late train from Bos- 
ton every night, summer and winter, 
gives an opportunity to attend lectures, 
concerts and theatres, in that city. The 
town always votes no license, and no rum 
shops or disreputable houses are allowed. 
New comers to the town are sure of a 
cordial welcome from those already here. 
It is characteristic of Sharon people to 
like to see their neighbors have a pleasant 
and enjoyable time. 

SCENEKY, WALKS AND DRIVES. 

The scenery, walks and drives of Shar- 
on are unsurpassed, and we think unequal- 
led in any other town in eastern Massa- 
chusetts. They cannot be adequately de- 
scribed, but must be seen to be apprecia- 
ted. Usually where the scenery is wild 
the roads are poor, if not absolutely un- 
safe. It is not so here. The roads are 
good in all parts of the town. 

In the following drives you are sup- 
posed to start from the post-office : Everv 
one will wish to drive around Massapoag 
pond ; from the post-office and back it is 
six miles. Another drive you must take 
to see Sharon is to Moose Hill. The near- 
est town road is the one past the depot, 



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but it is very hilly. There is a very ro- 
mantic road to Moose Hill, but it is not a 
town way. It is through the yard at 
Sharon station and across the "old dam." 
It is beautifully wooded, nicely shaded 
and not very rough. To return by easier 
grades, come down the "Moose Hill road" 
to Main street. From the summit of this 
hill may be seen the residences of one- 
quarter of all the inhabitants of Massa- 
chusetts. The following interesting- 
sketch of wdiat may be seen from Moose 
Hill, was prepared for me by E. G. Cham- 
berlain. Esq., of Auburndale, Mass., who 
is a member of the Appalachian Club : 

"Moose Hill is 5:30 feet above sea level. 
The tower affords an additional elevation 
of 20 feet. The tower is square, the sides 
facing precisely to the four cardinal 
points. Let us take the views in order 
from left to right. All elevations are 
reckoned from sea level and all bearings 
from the true meridian. 

"Due north is West Dedham Unitarian 
church, six miles distant, quite conspic- 
uous on a hill. A little to the right is Ar- 
lington Heights, twenty miles, and under 
it the Theological Seminary on Institu- 
tion Hill in Newton. More to the right 
is Norwood village, five miles, and Ded- 
ham with its court house dome, nine 
miles. About N. N. E, is Boston, the 
State House dome bearing X. 25° 27- E., 
18 miles. Just at its left is the white 
tower of Ro.xbury standpipe, and bet veen 
and beyond them is Bunker Hill Monu- 
ment. A trifle to the right is the large 
village of Hyde Park, ten miles. N. E. is 



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the Blue Hill range, Great Blue at the 
left being eight miles distant and 635 feet 
high. A little left of it we may get a 
glimpse of tide water near Winthrop, 
while nearer we look down on the mead- 
ows of Neponset River. Next to Great 
Blue is Hancock Hill, then Hillside Street 
Gap, Bugbee Hill and the peak of Chick- 
ataubut, 518 feet high, under whose left 
flank is Bear Hill, hardly separable. In 
line with Chickataubut is Cautou Corner 
church, five and one-half miles. A little 
to the right is Canton Village, four 
miles, and nearly over its left hand stee- 
ple is Strawberry Hill, twenty-one miles, 
crowned by a standpipe. To the left of 
this and nearer, is the tower on Penu's 
Hill (in Braintree?). To the right of the 
right hand of ^anton steeple is the triple- 
towered Atlantic House at Nantasket, 
twenty-one miles. Between Strawberry 
Hill and the Atlantic .House may be seen 
Massachusetts Bay, the sea horizon line 
being SO 1-2 miles distant. A little to the 
right, nine miles oft", are ths three tall 
spires of Randolph, about three degrees 
apart, the left hand one bearing E. N. E. 
Due E. is Sharon, two miles, and over it 
the large village of Stoughton, six miles. 
Considerably to the right, ten miles oil', 
is Brockton. Just right of its tallest 
spire is the Standish Monument, on Cap- 
tain's Hill in Duxbury, 28 1-2 miles. The 
large pond, two miles S. E., is Massa- 
poag. Nearly over its left end is East 
Bridgewater, fifteen miles. About over 
its centre is Bridgewater, fifteen miles, 
and over its right end Middleboro, twen- 



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ty-two miles. Due South (S. 0° 20- W.) 
is Great Meadow Jlill inRehoboth, seven- 
teen miles, crowned by a group of trees. 
Nearly under its right base is Mansfield, 
seven miles. About S. S. W. are the two 
spires of Foxboro, 4 1-2 miles. Half way 
between Great Meadow and Foxboro, ap- 
pears a very small sharp peak, Oak Hill, 
in Attleboro, fifteen miles, and nearer at 
its right, the village of East Attleboro. 
Turning nearly to W. S. W. we see, three 
miles off, South Walpole with its short 
white steeple. Nearly over its left is the 
summit of WoonsocketHillin Rhode Isl- 
and, twenty miles. To the right of W. 
S. W. is the tall cupola of Dean Acade- 
my in Franklin, with steeples at its right. 
"Turning nearly to W. N. W. we see 
the low-pointed ridge of Asnybumskit 
Hill, in Paxton, 1407 feet, thirty-seven 
miles ; and more toward N. W. the very 
conspicuous Waclmsett Mountain in 
Princeton, of the same range, 2018 feet, 
forty-three miles, is seen over Walpole 
village, 2 1-2 miles oft 1 . Midway between 
Asnybumskit and Waclmsett is seen Rice 
Hill in Rutland, forty-one miles, a little 
left of which are three steeples, nearly in 
line, one above the other, viz : Hopkinton, 
seventeen miles, Shrewsbury, twenty- 
eight miles, and Rutland, forty-two miles. 
Somewhat to the right of Waclmsett is 
the low ridge of Monoosnook Hill in 
Leominster, forty-one miles, seen over 
Medfield village 6 1-2 miles off. Still to 
the right is Grand Monadnock Mountain, 
in Jaft'rey, N. H„ sixty-eight miles, 3170 
feet high, a sharp peak falling oft* very 



gradually to the right. Between Monoos- 
nook and Monaclnock, just N. W.. is 
Sherborn church, eleven miles. Against 
the right flank of Monaclnock is the round 
knob of Watatick Mountain, in Ashburn- 
ham, Mass., 1847 feet, fifty-two miles a 
peak of the Wachnsett range. This range 
we follow to the right of New Hamp- 
shire, by Mt. Kidder in New Ipswich, 
Spofford and Temple Mountains in Tem- 
ple, and the noticeable twin summits of 
Pack Monadnock, near Peterboro'. The 
latter are about 2280 feet high, and sixty- 
two miles distant. Between Watatick 
and Kidder, the near round hill, nineteen 
miles off, is Nobscot, inFramingham, 602 
feet. 

"To the right of the Pack Monadnocks, 
eight miles off, is a group of hills in Do- 
ver, through a gap in which we get a 
glimpse of Lyndeboro' Pinnacle, sixty- 
two miles off. Turning far toward the 
North we see Prospect Hill in Waltham, 
eighteen miles, with little Prospect on its 
left flank, and further left, the village of 
Lincoln, twenty-one miles. I have iden- 
tified some prominent buildings in about 
fifty villages, some of them requiring the 
telescope. Many other villages have 
been observed but not yet fully identified. 
The spire at the right of Poxboro may 
prove to be in Pawtucket, E. I. The cal- 
culated bearing of Brown University at 
Providence. 22 1-2 miles, places it mid- 
way between the Foxboro steeples, but I 
have never been favored with a view of 
it. It is probably not visible." 

The air on the hill is very invigorating, 



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and persons with weak lungs enjoy it 
much. Invalids, by carrying a lunch and 
spending some hours on the hill, are often 
benefitted. I regret that there is no board- 
ing place there. Perhaps some time there 
Brill be a sanitarium or hotel on the hill. 
It would be well patronized. 

On your return, on Moose Hill Street, 
you will pass the barn of Henry L. de 
Bussigny, where are kept in summer some 
of the -finest saddle horses in the country. 
His stable is worthy of a visit from all 
lovers of fine bred horses. 

The poultry house that you pass on re- 
turning is over eight hundred feet long, 
and has a wing, not in sight of the road, 
four hundred and eighty feet long. It 
pas intended for ten thousand fowl. 

For a short drive, take Main Street to 
Foxboro, turn the first left through "Gun 
House Lane" then next left home. In 
"Gun House Lane 1 ' formerly stood the 
gun house in which was stored the can- 
non to protect the inhabitants from their 
enemies. Elm Lawn, near the corner of 
the lane, was formerly the Randall home- 
stead, and here died not many years ago, 
"Boston Randall", a very aged negro, and 
probably the last slave owned in Massa- 
chusetts. He was brought from Africa 
and kept as a body servant, until he final- 
ly became a family pet. He refused his 
freedom and was kindly cared for by the 
family while he lived. He was buried, as 
was his master's family, in the Chestnut 
Tree cemetery. 

Another short, pleasant drive is to the 
town farm ; you will save opening gates 



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if you go past Sharon depot and take sec 
ond right hand road. 

For a very romantic drive, take Mai 
Street and Walpole Street to Mr. Benja 
min Rhoades' house, turn sharp to th 1 
left, and follow County Street until 
conies to Main Street, near Paradise crah 
berry meadow. County Street is full o 
sharp pitches, aud not much travelled, bu 
it is decidedly wild and has a history. I 
is one of the oldest roads in Massachu 
setts, having been called "the path t( 
Bristol." It was over this road MadamJ 
Knight rode on the first night of her fa 
mous journey to New York, and tin 1 
"Wayman's Ordinary," where she spen* 
the first night, stood near where thecranj 
berry store-house now stands. Here Ebe! 
nezer Billings is supposed to have buil 
his tavern about, 1658, many years before 
there was a white person in what is nov\| 
Canton. 

For a variety of ferns, drive througl; 
the Pigeon Swamp road. Maiden liaii 
ferns grow here. You will have a romam 
tic drive to go past Leonard's mill, turn' 
ing sharp to the left at the cemetery anc 
taking the first right and then the nexi 
right. Near the house of J. M. Bullard 
on this road, you get a splendid view anc 
an assortment of ferns. 

Drive to Wolomolpoag Pond, and turn, 
to the left and the next left home. If you; 
care for places of historic interest, whenj 
on this drive take the right at Mrs. T. eJ 
Clark's, and go to Clapp's saw-mill. Here 
was the foundry, where, under General 



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ridley, was cast the first cannon ever 
iade in the country. 

Not far from Mrs. Clark's, King Philip 
ticl his warriors camped the night they 
urned Medfield, in 1(170. They passed 
,ie "Wayman's Ordinary" just at dusk, 
,at spared it because one of the chiefs 
aid. "Billings is Indians' friend." 

It is six miles to Foxboro and six to 
outh Walpole. On the South Walpole 
)acl, Mr. Lyman Plympton has a cultiva- 
id cranberry bog and a cultivated white 
ine grove, both equal, if not superior, to 
oy others in the State. To Walpole it 
5 five miles, six to Norwood and three to 
lanton. At Canton go and see the large, 
olid stone viaduct, by which the railroad 
cosses the highway and Neponset River, 
t used to be considered one of the won- 
ers of the age. Also call and see a mod- 
lof the famous Strasburg clock at Hawes' 
Bwelry store. It was made by Mr. 
lawes and h,e kindly shows it to all who 
all. 

To Declham it is ten miles. Here on 
last Street is the old Fairbanks house, 
vhich has been occupied by the same 
ainily for two hundred and forty years, 
■•'or twenty-five cents Miss Fairbanks will 
how you many curious relics and heir- 
ooms of the family. 

To Stoughton it is six miles and to 
K>rt h Easton it is seven. At the latter 
;he , Unitarian church, the other public 
raildings, and the magnificent grounds of 
■ L. Ames, which are open to the pub- 
ic, are worthy of a visit. To Easton 
Furnace, seven miles, is a pleasant drive, 



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and a little off the road in East Mansfield 
are Austin's poultry grounds. Here a1 
times may be seen as many as five thous 
and geese fattening for the market, as 
well as immense quantities of hens, duck 
and turkeys. Mr. Austin sometimes feeds 1 
sixty bushels of grain a day to his fowl. 
To East Foxboro is six miles. Much of 
the way this road runs beside the railroad 
track. 

Lovers of wild flowers and ferns will 
find a great variety here. Those who de- 
light to see farming operations will be in- 
terested in the market gardens and green- 
houses on Sharon plain and the cranberry 
meadows farther west. The woods and] 
ponds of Sharon furnish game for the 
hunter and the numerous ponds and 
brooks furnish fish for the angler and 
the ponds also furnish ample opportuni- 
ties for boating and bathing. Besides nu- 
merous mill ponds in Sharon, there are 
two beautiful sheets of water, called ' 
Wolomolpoag and Massapoag. Though 
only one mile apart, they are at the head 
of different rivers ; one flows to the west 
and the other to the east. Massapoag 
contains four hundred and sixty acres of 
water and is three hundred feet above sea 
level. There is a drive completely around 
it. Formerly the water flowed from this 
pond into both the Taunton and the Ne- 
ponset rivers. The early settlers used to 
liken it to a leaky barrel, from which the 
water flowed in all directions. 

Being at the summit of both rivers it 
was the boundary between the lands of 
the Narrai>ansett and the Massachusetts 



ndians, while Wolomolpoag flowed into 
;he Taunton and belonged exclusively to 
Bug Philip's tribe. The name Wolomol- 
toag is Indian and signified pleasant wat- 
:r, or sweet water, and it was most truth- 
ully named, being a beautiful sheet of 
vater. 

HOUSES, FARMS AKD WOODLAND. 

Within a reasonable walking distance 
)f Sharon station are hundreds of acres 
>f eligible building sites, which can be 
Jarchased at reasonable prices, and which 
jnust surely rise in value. l\eal estate 
iiere has never been boomed, neither has 
it ever been depressed, and sales under 
,'oreclosure of mortgage are almost un- 
known here. 

i Since the introduction of water in 1885, 
liere has been a marked growth of the 
jplage and a gradual rise of improved 
u'operty, which I have reason to believe 
vill continue. Within a half hour's drive 
?>f the two railroad stations in Sharon, 
mere are some farms to sell, much below 
;heir value, which if intelligently man- 
iged by one able and willing to work, 
vould be sure to pay a handsome income, 
farming in Sharon can be made unusual- 
y profitable, as the summer people fur- 
lish a new market for produce and the 
mmerous manufacturing tonus and cit- 
es in the vicinity take all the surplus at 
•enumerative prices. 

There are some large tracts of wood- 
Mads and unimproved lands for sale at 
■eat bargains and some of them are cer- 
aiu to become more valuable soon. Just 



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now I have two or three estates, which 
am forbidden to advertise, but which mus 
be sold for spot cash, even if sold at 
sacrifice. 

I have farms of all sizes and prices fo: 
sale, houses for sale and houses to let 
furnished and unfurnished. I also hav< 
various kinds of business for sale. A; 
this book is only published once, or a 
the most twice a year, and as property ii 
my nands is constantly changing, it i: 
useless to catalogue it in this work and 
do not attempt it, but if those in want o: 
a house, a farm or any business willwrifl 
and describe their wants, I will try t( 
suit them. As I have lived in Sharoi 
more than thirty years, the last nineteer 
of which have been devoted to the buy< 
ing and selling of real estate on commit 
sion, and to making the town bettei 
known. I know all the property that is 
in the market, and the customers, and arc 
generally enabled to serve my patrons in 
a satisfactory manner. In the spring I 
have a large variety of furnished houses 
to rent, the prices varying from $150 or 
$200 to $1,000 for the season. I have also 
a few unfurnished houses and tenements 
to let, but the supply is limited, and does 
not equal the demand. 

There is a large and sure opening in 
Sharon for hotels and boarding places,! 
the demand being almost unlimited and 
far exceeding the supply. Persons of! 
some means, who are adapted to the busi- 
ness, can find here an excellent opening. 
There is also a good opening for a good 1 
country tavern, where one can get enter- 



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tainment for man or beast for one meal 
or a month. Such a house, well kept, 
'would receive a liberal patronage. 

I am always pleased to show the town 
"and the property in the market without 
expense to those seeking a home, wheth- 
er they become customers or not. It is 
ino trouble to show the property ttiere is 
!in the market. My carriage is at the 
Sharon station every pleasant day except 
Saturdays, on arrival of the 9.25 A. M. 
End the 2 P. M. trains from Boston. If 
you wish to come any other day or on 
Sany other train please notify me by mail, 
i telegraph or telephone. I have a tele- 
phone in my house and parties can always 
talk direct with me from any telephone in 
: Boston or on any of the suburban lines. 
('My name and number will be found in the 
(catalogue, which each telephone subscri- 
ber in Boston or any suburban town has. 

HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. 

There is a large summer hotel by the 
►shore of Massapoag, called the Massa- 
poag Lake House, which will accommo- 
date about one hundred and forty guests. 
Elm Lawn is a farm boarding house on 
the west shore of Massapoag. There are 
lalso four cottages of four rooms each, 
. which are let in connection with the house, 
t He can accommodate some forty. The 
•Sharon also accommodates about forty. 
All these houses set good tables and have 
good accommodations for horses. There 
are also a number of houses where from 
two to a dozen boarders are taken at pric- 
es varying from five to ten or twelve dol- 



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lars a week, but the supply is far short! 
of the demand and it is well to apply ear- 
ly for board. 

I intend to keep thoroughly posted in 
regard to those who have vacant rooms, 
their location, prices, etc., and am always 
happy to give information and make sug- 
gestions to those seeking board, and am 
often enabled to save them time, trouble 
and money. If those seeking board will 
write, enclosing stamp, I will cheerfully! 
furnish them any desired information. 
Please state what you require, how many 
rooms, whether there are children, and! 
what price you expect to pay. "Reason- 
able prices", if from a stranger, conveys 
no information to me, since thirty dollars 
a week from some of my patrons would | 
be reasonable, and others find it hard to 
pay five dollars. Generally good board 
cannot be obtained for less than seven 
dollars a week. This branch of my busi- 
ness is of no pecuniary profit to me, but 
it is my desire and for my interest to see 
people located in Sharon, to their own 
satisfaction. Good carriages, with care- 
ful drivers who know the boarding plac- 
es will be furnished on application to me 
at not to exceed one dollar an hour. Come 
by the 0.25 A. M. or 2 P. M. train; if 
coming on any other train, give previous 
notice by mail, telegraph or telephone, 
and my carriage will be at the station. 
No charge for information or sugges- 
tions. 

LOW TAXES. 

The following is the - copy of a circular 



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issued by Joel P. Hewins, Esq., Treasu- 
rer of Sharon : — 

Sharon, Mass., 1885. 
Sir :— 

Many persons who pay taxes on a 
large amount of personal property in cit- 
ies where the rate of taxation is high, are 
proposing to change their residence to 
some place where tine burden of taxation 
is lighter. The attention of such is re- 
spectfully called to a few facts about 
Sharon. The present valuation of the 
town is about $1,000,000, and the tax rate 
for all purposes is $9.40 on $1,000. Sev- 
eral wealthy people talk of changing their 
residence to Sharon, the coming season, 
and should enough do so to increase the 
valuation to another million, — and there 
is reason to hope such will be the case, — 
the tax rate will not exceed $5.00 on 
$1,000. If this rate is once established, 
enough more will no doubt be added from 
year to year to make the tax rate of 
Shakon lower than it is in any other 
town or city in the state. 

The present low tax rate has not been 
reached by niggardly appropriations, but 
by careful management and judicious ex- 
penditures of the money raised- There 
is no probability that the expenses of the 
town will be much increased for some 
time to come, as the town hall, school- 
houses and other public buildings are all 
new or in good repair, and amply sufficient 
for the needs of the town ; the town debt 
is small and is being rapidly extinguished 
under the present rate of taxation ; the 



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roads are in good repair, and there is an 
invested fund, the income of which is for 
the support of schools. 

Sharon is very pleasantly situated on 
the Boston & Providence Railroad. 35$ 
feet above tide water, on the highest land 
between the two cities. It is thirty-live 
minutes' ride from Boston, frcm which 
there are nine trains a day, including a 
late train for lectures and theatres, which 
with the telegraph and telephone, and five 
mails a day, give ample communication 
with all the world. Sharon has long 
been celebrated for its fine drives, lakes, 
streams, pine groves, and healthy air. Of 
late years it has become" quite a resort for 
invalids and convalescents, eminent phy- 
sicians having recommended it to their 
patients and pronounced it the Healthiest 
Town in the State. Chemical tests of the 
atmosphere have found in it a larger 
amount of ozone than has ever been 
found at any other place east of the Rocky 
Mountains, and to this fact is attributed 
the healthy and curative effects of the air 
of Sharon. 

The markets of the town supply all that 
is needed in the line of groceries and pro- 
visions. There are four churches, yearly 
schools, and a well selected public libra- 
ry. In short, Sharon, from its accessi- 
bility to Boston and Providence, its i 
churches, schools, public library, scenery, 
healthy air and Low Taxes has advanta- 
ges as a suburban residence unequalled by 
any locality near Boston. 

A pamphlet describing Sharon more 
fully will be sent on application. 



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Persons wishing further information 
will be waited upon at their residence or 
place of business if desired. 
Address the TOWN TREASURER, 
Sharon, Mass. 



SHARON IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. 

The object of this Association as set 
forth in its constitution is, "To improve 
and ornament the streets and public 
grounds of Sharon, by planting and culti- 
vating trees, cleaning and repairing side- 
walks, and doing such other acts as shall 
tend to improve the town." 

Since its organization on the twenty- 
eighth of February, 1881, it has put street 
lights on the principal streets, has built a 
passable road to Moose Hill and erected 
an observatory on its summit, has placed 
a Howard clock in the tower of one of 
the churches, and has been the means of 
the chartering and formation of the Shar- 
on Water Company and the introduction 
into the village of an abundance of pure 
water. 

Very much remains to be done, and the 
work of the Association commends itself 
to absent friends of the town as well as 
all citizens. 

The annual membership fee is one dol- 
lar; twenty-live dollars paid at onetime 
makes one a life member. Contributions 
to the funds of the Association are re- 
spectfully solicited, and will be carefully 
and judiciously expended by the execu- 
tive committee, Make checks payable to 



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C. A. HIXSON, Treasurer, or W. B. 
WICKES, President. 

SHARON SPRING WATER. 

For drinking and all culinary and do-, 
mestic uses, our water is unequalled by 
few and unsurpassed by water from any 
other spring in the State. 

We are prepared to furnish, at reasona- 
ble rates, power for running sewing ma- 
chines, coffee grinders, ice cream freezers, 
churns, and other purposes where small 
power is needed. 

SHARON WATER COMPANY, 

By W. B. Wkjkes, Supt, 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 



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ms.ygfekes, 

General Business Agei\t 

ESTABLISHED 1870, 

SHARON, MASS. 

REAL ESTATE 

Sold, Leased and Oared For, 

FARMS, HOUSES, 

WOODLAND, 

and Unimproved Property For Sale. 

Houses Furnisned and Dnfnrnisheil To Let. 

Boarlii Places SunM. 

CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE. 



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MOOSE HILL PROPERTY. 



rpen acres of Wood Laud, overlooking hun- 
J. dreds of miles of territory and many villages 
Will be sold for $300. A little two and one-half 
acre place with an apology for a house, ought to 
bring $350. The Dixey place of 30 acres, a good 
cottage house and a poor barn will be sold for 
$2 700, on easy terms There is a splendid lot of 
wood land on the place, and the views are mag- 
nificent. Near the above are several lots of 
Wood Land, for sale cheap, and at the foot of 
the Hili, on the edge of Beaver Meadow, arc oth- 
er lots of wood land for sale. Also some Trout 
Streams and Cranberry Bogs. Moose Hill is a 
very desirable location, and property there is 
sure to rise in value. 



1>he Dixey farm on Moose Hill, has a good sev- 
en-room cottage house, a poor barn and 30 
acres of good land, with plenty of wood, inclu- 
ding a very nice grove. The situation is one ol 
the pleasantest and healthiest in this beautiful 
town. The view is just splendid. Price $2,500, 
on very easy terms. Mrs. Patten has only eight 
and one-half acres in her little farm, but it is all 
good land, finely situated on the b rders of Mas- 
sapoag, and is well stocked with fruit and shade 
trees. There is a square two-story house and a 
small, cheap barn, $3,000. 

Sharon Village Property. 



I' or $7,000 or less, I can sell a modern built, 
large 12-room house, plenty of land and 
shade, house built by the day, cemented celiar, 
hot and cold water, bath room, and all improve- 
ments. No pains or expense were spared in 
building, but circumstances compel the owner to 
sell at once. 



For $S,000, 1 will sell two good houses and a 
barn. Plenty of shade and fruit; one acre 
of land. Must be sold to some one at once. 



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For $4,500, the C. D. Hixon house, right in the 
heart of the village. All modern improve- 
ments, cheaper than cheap. The Butler house, 
18 rooms, set tubs, gas, water closet, bath room, 
and all that can be desired. Elegant stable, three 
acres of land, stocked with fruit. Good drainage, 
splendid view. Cost nearly $-20,000, and I hope 
to get $15,000 for it, but if I can't will sell for 
$12,000. Come and see it. 

rphe Tamblyn house and half acre of land. Has 
JL some splendid pine trees. The house is 
nearly new. Fine location. $2,5000. 

Half a house on our best street. The other 
part is owned and occupied by nice people. 
Fruit and land enough for a garden, for $900. 
This is a good place for two ladies or an old 
couple. On the same street is a double house, 
with four tenements, near pine wood. Price, 
$3,000. You can let them for 12 per cent, on your 
money. It is a desirable neighborhood. 

T/or $4,0(0, I will sell the Lucas Johnson house, 
_T a stable and one acre of land, lots of fruit. 
It is a pretty place in the heart of the village. An 
old two-story house, and one acre of land, will 
be sold for $2,500. The best business location in 
the village. 



FARMS. 



On the Bav Road I have several farms to sell. 
One is a small vegetable and milk farm; the 
milk route will go with it. Another is a nice 
cottage house and barn, and one acre of land. As 
good a neighborhood as there is the world. 
Nearer North Easton, is a cheap little farm, and 
another just off of the Bay Road, in Stoughton. 

At Sharon Heights I have a neat cottage house 
and one acre of land. Half mile from the 
station I have a French-roof house and one acre 
of land for sale cheap. Near the station at Shar- 
on Heights is a 30-acre farm, for $1,500. There 
is a good barn but no house. Will sell most of 
the above with a very small amount down. 



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One of the best farms in Sharon for 
grass, poultry or vegetables. Will 
be sold with one or two houses as desired, 
and from 10 to 100 acres of land. Price 
from $1,000 to $3,500, according to what 
you take, but any or all of it at a big bar- 
gain. If you want a big stock farm with 
140 acres of land, plenty of fruit and 
wood, a good old house, splendid barns, 
come and see me. On the edge of the 
village, I have a 60-acre farm, with a large 
modern house, suitable for a dude, and a 
good big barn. 

Sharon Village Farms. 



The Johnson farm has buildings out of repair, 
but the land is finely situated to cut up into 
building lots, beiug high, dry, near station, and 
commanding a fine view. There is a demand for 
such lots. 

A splendid small fruit farm, well stock- 
-^*- ed with a variety of small fruit and 
plums. Large house and barn; this is 
elegantly located near station, and will be 
sold at a bargain. 

A good farm of sixty acres, right in 
-^*- Sharon village. Land will some day 
all be wanted for house lots. High, dry, 
healthy, fine scenery, and perfect drain- 
age. Large two-story, square house, 
open fires and furnace, Sharon water, 
good barn. Will sell less land if desired. 
Near the above I have a 40-acre farm, land 
situated in same way, but the house is not 
quite so good. Both are good invest 
ments. 



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ELM LAWN. 



This splendid farm boarding house is 
now offered for sale. There is 40 
acres of good land, extending from Lake 
Massapoag to the railroad track near 
Sharon Heights station. A part of the 
land is covered with pine groves and a 
part of the remainder is stocked with 
small fruits and plums. There are three 
thousand raspberry and blackberry plants 
also strawberries, asparagus and rhubarb. 
The buildings consist of a large mansion 
house, of some twenty-five rooms, four 
cottages and a large barn. The house 
has been successfully run for several years 
as a summer boarding house, and can al- 
ways be filled at good prices. It will be 
sold low to the right party and on easy 
terms. The houses are now fully fur- 
nished, and all the furniture, linen and 
crockery will be sold with it. 

Farms on Sharon Plain. 



jly the borders of a beautiful pond, I 
-■--* have a good 70-acre farm, which I 
must sell to settle an estate. There is a 
good barn and an old but good two-story 
square house. The place is good enough 
for you when you get worth $1,000,000, 
but I will sell it for $4,000. on easy terms. 
Two places to settle an estate, one of 45 
acres and one of thirty; both have good 
houses and barns, both are good mark- 
et gardens or poultry or grass farms. One 



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has a cranberry bog. One of these will 
be sold with a small amount clown. Near 
the above is a neat, productive 25-acre 
farm, with wood enough to most pay for 
it, neat cottage house of seven rooms, 
piazza and blinds, barn and four poultry 
houses. $1,700, half cash or more. 



On the shores of Massapoag, I will sell 
you a sixty-acre farm, for $5,500. 
Plenty of fruit, large, old cottage house, 
large barn. Near the above but not bor- 
dering on the lake, is a good farm, with a 
new cottage house ; will be sold cheap. 



MILL AND FARMS. 



T you want a 100-acre farm with saw 
J-fand shingle mill, come and see the 
CI pp farm. It is a lonesome place, but 
very pretty and romantic. I will sell it 
with a little money clown or trade it. If 
you want a 120-acre farm with old fash- 
ioned buildings of not much account, but 
commanding a beautiful view and capa- 
ble of being made an elegant place, come 
to Sharon and see me. I can sell a huge 
tract of building lots, cheap for cash. It 
is level, near station and well situated for 
any business, but you need money to de- 
velop it. I can sell you the best apple 
farm in Sharon, 70 acres of land, lots of 
wood, large barn, small house, splendid 
view and tony neighborhood. Owner 
wants all cash. 



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Great Poultry Farm. 



frihe Sharon Heights Poultry Farm, the 
J- largest poultry establishment in the 
State, is now offered for sale, because the 
owner has other business and can't at- 
tend to it. There is forty-five acres of 
land, well stocked with apples and plums, 
plenty of wood, a large cottage house in 
good repair, a small house for help, large 
barn, 1,300 feet of hen-houses, suitably 
divided. It is only one-half mile from 
the station and is in every respect admira- 
bly adapted to the poultry business. Will 
be sold for less than the cost of the build- 
ings, on easy terms. I have some smaller 
"hen farms" to sell. 



Wood and Vacant Lands. 



Some 300 acres of house lots, laying di- 
rectly on the railroad, will be sold 
cheap to anyone having means to develop 
them. In the edge of Foxboro, I want to 
sell 40 acres of wood and pasture, to set- 
tle an estate. On the line of the Railroad 
I will sell fourteen acres of hard wood. It 
will be built on some day. On the shore 
of Massapoag, I can sell some nice unim- 
proved land cheap. Part of it is covered 
with white pine. I have a small wood 
lot to sell on Main Street, near the vil- 
lage. 

or $1,000, I will sell you a beautiful 
lot of four acres. Come and see it. 



F 



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A djoining where Dr. Bowditchisbuild- 
-£-*- ing a sanitarium, I have a good wood 
lot, to sell cheap. 



F 



or $300 an acre, I will sell you au 8- 
acre lot, near the depot. Just the 



thine to build on. 



House Lots and Woods. 



Tf you will agree to build a nice house 
-"- on it, I will sell you a splendid house 
lot on the "Ball Ground", the highest and 
best land in the village. 

On Pleasant View, I have eight acres 
of house lots, to sell at a bargain. 
Also at the same plat, two eligible house 
lots, belonging to a Worcester man. 

T will sell you 10 acres of wood, in 
-■- "Cabbage Swamp", belonging to a 
Boston man, for less than it is worth. 

Tn Canton, on the railroad and near sta- 
-■- tiou, I can sell you a big lot of land 
cheap. If you have got money and snap 
you can make a little fortune on it, for 
house lots. 

Tn an adjoining town, I have for sale an 
-*- elegant estate : has cost probably, near- 
ly $30,000. Would make a good place for 
a school, or some tony institution, or a 
gentleman's residence. What will you 
£'ive for it? 



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TO LET. 

A nice, fully furnished house of nine 
rooms, furnace heat, Sharon water, 
ample grounds, near pine grove. Will be 
let for the summer of )889, or longer. 

\ furnished house, of eight rooms, and 
-£*- one of nine rooms, will be let fur- 
nished. Both have Sharon water and the 
grounds of both adjoin a pine grove. 



T>y the Lake, I have the Octagon cot- 
-*-* tage of eight rooms, to let furnished. 
With the house is a garden, lawn, barn 
and boat. 

T have some houses to let unfurnished at 
-*- Sharon Heights, at the Knife Works, 
and three tenements in the village. 

nnhe Winship house, one of the largest 
-*~ and best houses in the village, is to 
let furnished or unfurnished. 

The Choate house will be to let in the 
Spring. There are eight large rooms, 
heat by a furnace, a large stable and sev- 
eral acres of land, Sharon water. It will 
be let furnished or unfurnished for the 
summer or by the year. It is right in the 
village. The view from the house is 
splendid. 

The Fuller farm, one of the bestGO-acre 
farms in Sharon, will be let but is 
not for sale. There is a good two-story 



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house, large barn and henhouse. It is a 
very healthy, pleasant place, 

On the edge of the village, 17 acres of 
land, some wood, two-story house, 
barn, hen-houses, apples, on the borders 
of a mill pond. $2,500. 

jl/Tore than a mile from the station, is a 
JJJ_ good little farm, nice two-story 
house, barn and poultry house. Will keep 
two cows and a horse. A splendid chance 
to raise trout. $3,000. 

]Vrear North Sharon sehoolhouse is a 
-^ good little farm, with house, barns 
and sheds, all are nice but need repairs. 
One mile from the station is a neat little 
farm, cottage house, small barn, and nice 
poultry house. Apples, peaches and 
grapes in abundance. $1,500; only $400 
down. 



N 



ear Massapoag, is an 8-acre farm, 
good cottage, no barn, for $1,100. 

FOR SALE. 



rilo settle an estate, a fine grass and veg- 
-*- etable farm of 40 acres, neat cottage 
house, fair barn and splendid shade. Price 
$2,000. It ought to bring more. 

IVTear the above and belonging to the 
-^ same estate is another farm about 
the same size. It ought to bring $3,000, 
!>ut will be sold for less. 



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Tn the village, a house of 13 rooms, pi- 
J- azza, blinds, shade, sets high and has 
perfect drainage, 50,000 feet of good 
land and plenty of apples and pears. 
Price $3,500, 

A n 80-acre farm, land level, easily 
-^ worked and free from stones, plenty 
of wood; large two-story, well kept square 
house, nice large barn. This is one of 
the prettiest places in Norfolk County 
¥or a gentleman's country seat, or is a 
productive farm for a laboring man! It 
belongs to two ladies who cannot work it 
and will sell very low, on easy terms. 
Price $4,000. 

TClourteen acres of woodland, directly 
-*- on the line of the railroad, high, dry, 
suitable for building land and will some 
day be valuable. Price .$700. 

Tn Canton, a nice, two-story house, barn 
-*- and one acre of land, on easy terms. 

On the shore of Massapoag, a 60-acre 
farm, a cottage house and large barn, 
$5,500. Near the above is an 8-acre farm, 
#1,100. 

Near Sharon Centre, a fine 40-acre farm 
very nice 2-story house, large barn, 
a fine place, $7,000. 

A nice village farm, high, good loca- 
tion, 2-story house } baxn, and good 
orchard, $7,000,' 



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In Sharon, an 80-acre farm on the shores 
of a Tine lake, large two-story house 
and good barn. Near the above are 40 
acres of pasture and woodland. 

On the shore of Lake Massapoag, I can 
sell you an elegant house, with all 
modern improvements, a barn and fifteen 
acres of land. This is a place suitable for 
any gentleman. In the village is a mod- 
ern built 13-room house, and one acre of 
land. Furnace heat; $4,000. Near the 
Knife Works, I have two cheap houses. 
Will sell them separate or together. One 
is two-story. At Sharon Heights, I will 
sell you the Clarke estate, of over sixty 
acres of land, close to the station. There 
are five houses and a barn. Will sell a 
part or all. It is a good investment, being 
close to the station. Welch's Grove, a 
beautiful pine grove, with 10 1-2 acres of 
land, directly on the railroad, command- 
ing a fine view, will be sold for $1,200, 
and it is cheap. 

SHEPARD CARPENTER, 

SHARON, 

IOHj delivered as desired. 

H. F. LEONARD, SHARON, 



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0: E. Howard, So, Sharon, 

P. 0. Address. East Foxboro. 

FIRE WOOD PREPARED 

for stove or fireplace. Delived prompt- 
ly in any quantity desired. 

FRED A. WHITE. 

MOOSE HILL MILK. 

EDWARD HAMPTON. 
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Shop over Blue Store. Maple Ave. Sharon. 



LONG BROTHERS, 

51 pou, keepin stock every article usu- 
ally kept in a 

Country Store, 



Permanent Residents, Cottagers 

summer residents supplied 

with goods equal in quality to any in Bos- 
ton. A member of the firm will call for 
ord- 

GOODS DELIVERED PROMPTLY 



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B. GANNETT, 

Pond Street Stable.; 



Double & Single Carriages 

with or without drivers furniseed at 
short notice' also 

HACKS, BARGES AND PART? 
WAGONS. 



The Foreman of this stable is a temperate 
experienced man, who will give the besl 
of care to 

BOARDING HORSES. 



CARRIAGES SENT TO ANY TRAIN 

when ordered by mail or telegraph. M? 
stable is near the residence of W.B.Wicke: 
and carriages may be ordered by tele 
phone to him. Address 

B. GANNETT, SHARON. 



P. S. — Teams furnished from my fan] 
for Moving Furniture, or any kind o 
Jobbing, Excavating, or Teaming. 



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V, W. BROOKS 

makes a specialty of supplying 

immor Boslflents, Gottaors 

as well as all others with 

EATS, 

POULTRY, 
GAME, 
VEGETABLES, 
ANNED GOODS, 

BUTTER, 

And all goods usually kept in a well 
stocked market. 

RNER'S BLOCK, SHARON. 



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WHIT EO YOU WANT? 

Do you want a farm to get a living on? 

Do you want a farm for a plaything? 

Do you want a cranberry meadow? 

Do you want a poultry yard? 

Do you want a wood lot? 

Do you want a lot of vacant land? 

Do you want a house for a home? 

Do you want a house to let, as an in- 
vestment? 

Do you want to hire a house? 

Do you want to sell a house or let one? 

Do you want to sell a farm or some 
land? 

Do you want a hoarding place? 

Do you want to take boarders? 

Do you want to sell any kind of busi- 
ness? 

Do you want to go into any kind of 
business or invest any money? 

In short, do you wish to buj% sell or 
hire anything in Sharon or vicinity or 
want to get a home in Sharon ? 
Apply to W. B. WICKES, Sharon. 

Telephone Connections. 

WHAT BO YOO WANT? 



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